Thorn was satisfied. After that fateful day in the mountains, she’d felt liberated. For all her adult life, she’d been struggling with acceptance. It was her grail, that long-sought-after goblet…
On reflection, I was a little envious of what Jeremy had done with his room. Maybe I’d command him to furnish mine in the same way once we were settled.…
Several things had fallen into place over the last few months. The first was my recruitment of a recruitment agent to oversee all marketing activities. Initially, when Jeremy had presented…
Despite the emotional damage inflicted by reading that email, I reread it several times, trying to identify the service I was supposedly paying this recruitment agent to perform. How could…
One of the extraordinary things about recruitment agencies is that you know what kind of pain is about to come your way, and yet there is nothing you can do…
One of the most critical aspects of the work I do is the need for careful distinctions. For example, there is a distinction between having your own espresso machine at…
It was a few days later that the next significant event took place. My understanding of insurance procedures was that they typically took a while before all the paperwork was…
After further questioning of Grim and several more episodes of Big Celebrity Brothers Trapped on Islands, I managed to extract all the bank details I needed to make a significant…
“So Grim.” I began, using my carefully cultivated booming baritone in what I thought was a good representation of majestic and dictatorial. “It seems our roles have been reversed. It…